Since July 2024, Mark has been the Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. In this role, he works with the Board of Directors in the development and implementation of the organization’s strategic direction. Prior to this role, Mark joined NCACPA in May 2016 as their Chief Operating Officer, where he oversaw communications, engagement, professional development, learning and innovation, finance and administration.

Prior to this position, Mark worked for Fidelity Bank, a community bank of approximately $2 billion in assets with 60 branches in North Carolina and Virginia, as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for three years where he oversaw several operational departments, information technology, project management and strategic planning, as well as co-created the Bank’s Business Solutions department. Prior to this position, Mark worked for Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP for 10 years, rising to the level of senior manager in the firm’s financial institutions group. He has experience with both SEC registered and privately held clients providing assurance services, M&A and other due diligence consulting, SEC reporting and outsourced Sarbanes-Oxley/FDICIA-related services.

Mark is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of North Carolina. He was a member of AICPA Council from 2013-2016 and served on various Boards of Directors including the NCACPA as a Board member and then Treasurer, the Triangle Land Conservancy as a Board Member and Treasurer. He is currently a board member of Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina and also serves on both the Wake Technical Community College and NC State University’s Poole College of Management’s Accounting Department Advisory Board.

All that aside, Mark loves spending time with his wife, Lisa, and his children Penelope and (Little) Mark. He received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Florida State University and is an avid Seminoles fan!